Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Mega rare and fantastic first solo LP by the leadsinger of "Les Sauterelles" !
This is a "killer" Dylan/folk influenced pop psychedelic LP, and I think the best Swiss LP from the entire early 70's !!
Don't miss it !!!

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
(... Henry David Thoreau)
I have always heard a different drummer. I have always travelled my own road. And now I find the drummer is myself. The music that I hear is at last my own. Can you hear it ?
(notes from the back cover)

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Way obscure Private Press LP by this local Oklahoma artist, which looks like typical rural Xian-Country album from the cover ... until you crack it open and experience the Outsider-DIY genius of "Faith: The Better Way," one of the best undiscovered Xian Folk-Rock-Psych tracks I've heard ... the song opens with the thumping beat ripped straight off Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walking" then some spidery late 1960's Psych harpsichord/organ comes creeping in along with Sanmann's high-pitched, unearthly Mountain Guru vocals ... Totally irresistible, completely out of this world and flat-out amazing.
Sanmann must have been a big fan of Lee Hazlewood because there are several other excellent cuts on here with a similar laidback, trippy "Some Velvet Morning" groove.
A really unique record that grows and grows on you ...
Who was this guy??
(Review by an ebay seller)

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Captain Marryat are from Glasgow, Scotland and recorded this demo album in 1974, released in a tiny pressing on the Thor label, hopefully to get an EMI or Chrysalis deal. They wanted to record only a single but came up with a complete album of self-composed tracks. Since it was not that easy for a Scottish band to get attention down in London, this album was the only pressing ever done and sold at band gigs only. 5 musicians, great organ, vocals, extra heavy fuzz-guitar, drums and bass, amazing underground songs, influenced by Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Beggars Opera, a true lost classic.

Completely unknown private pressing from Germany.
It resembles to the first Incredible String Band LP or the Holy Modal Rounders in
the USA.
The singing is in German.
Roland Kroell traveled and lived in Scotland and in Ireland in the 70's and he studied there the Scottish and Irish folk music in pubs.
I can surely recommend this one to fans of trad & acidfolk.

Very little is known about this German folk obscurity. These are five German musicians doing a folk session. Great female vocals. Besides some own compositions they are doing some covers like for example Dylan's Blowing in the Wind.

Here's a great compilation with some of the best Pilz bands (Emtidi, Rufus Zufall, Bröselmaschine, Hölderlin, Wallenstein, Witthüser & Westrupp, and Jerry Berkers).
A perfect introduction into different trends of Krautrock.

"The Wooden Leg Album," by Rita and Tony Hudd, released on Burlington in the U.K. in 1985. Great and largely overlooked album by British folk duo, dreamy and melodic. Very nice album.
Some wonderful songs including a superb Sandy Denny tribute track just called ""For Sandy".

A nice mix of inventive Texas roots rock, power pop / ballad, rock, psych folk and good vocals.
Three songs are arranged by Chris Dedrick of the psychedelic pop psych group Free Design, including a rare performance of Chris' "Brown Horizon", which was to be included on his unreleased LP from 1971/1972 called "Be Free".

Obscure acid 'real people' head from San Francisco who released this great and only LP.
10 deep songs where Karl goes for broke with deep conviction vocals, supporting himself on acoustic guitar and sometimes with a Dylanesque harmonica.